Obituary:  MARY M. COFFEY, 1946
Source:  Staunton News Leader, 20 Nov 1946
Contributor:  Carol Harlow <charlow1@ntelos.net>
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  Mrs. Mary M. Coffey passed away quietly Wednesday at three a. m. 
at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Edw. Moyer, where me had made her 
home since Oct. 19, 1941 when she fell and broke her hip, leaving 
her an invalid.
  She was an active church worker from early girlhood until she 
became an invalid, always glad to welcome visitors and had a smile 
and kind word for everyone.  She was a loving mother and grandmother.
  Mrs. Coffey was born Sept. 29, 1867 at Nelson County a daughter of 
the late Jessie K. and Betsy Elizabeth Demastus.  She was the last 
of nine children.
  In 1892 she married Joseph L. Coffey, son of the late Riley and 
Martha Fortune Coffey. Surviving are the daughter; two grandsons, 
Liston and Lelon Moyer, at home, and several nieces and nephews.
  Funeral services were held Saturday at two p. m. at the Third 
Presbyterian Church, burial following in Thornrose Cemetery.
  Pallbearers were John Gabbert, W. W. Gabbert, Authur DeCrescent, 
Boyd Townsend, Mr. Elliott and Mr. Bolton - Contributed.


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